Card table



Jan. 12, 1937. E. SENFT CARD TABLE Filed Oct. 12, 1934 a Sheets-Shet 1 Inventor Fm; 567m,

Attorney Jan; 12, 1937. E. SENFT CARD TABLE Filed 00;. 12, 1934 '{5 Sheets-Sheet 2 I 'nvento'r Attorney E. SENFT Jan. 12, 1937.

CARD TABLE Filed Oct. 12, 1934 s'sneets-sneet 3 Inventor Patented Jan. 12, 1937 l'i'E'D SATES PTET FFHCE 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to a card table and has for its prime object to provide means whereby the legs of the table may be simultaneously swung to either open or closed position.

Another important object of the invention resides in the provision of automatic means for locking the legs in their open or extended position.

A still further important object of the invention resides in the provision of a table of this nature which is simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate, efficient and reliable in use and. otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

The above objects will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consisting in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a bottom view of the table embodying the features of my invention showing the legs in extended or open position,

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the legs in closed or folded position,

Figure 3 is a detail section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a detail section taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is a detail section taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 4,

Figure 6 is a plan view of one of the plate brackets removed from the skirt of the table and detached from its companion plate.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that numeral 5 denotes a table top having the usual skirt plates 6 depending therefrom. A plurality of legs I are swingably mounted in the corners of the skirt structure by means of pins 8. On the pivoted or upper end of each leg there is mounted a V-shaped bracket 9 one leg of which is secured as at H] to the leg and the other arm thereof projects outwardly beyond said end of the leg. An actuating rod l I is pivotally engaged as at l2 with said outer end of the bracket 9.

Numeral [4 denotes segmental plates. One corner of each plate is pivotally mounted as at l5 in a bracket IS on the center of one of the skirt plates 6, there being one on each plate. Each bracket 46 is countersunk in a recess in the corresponding skirt plate 6. These plates IQ are located closer to the top 5 than the pins 8 so as to permit the legs to fold inside the skirt structure as will be apparent from an inspection of Figure 3. The actuating rods II are pivotally engaged with the plates 14 at the center of the edge opposite the corner which is pivoted in the bracket It, the pivot connection being indicated by the numeral I8. Connecting rods l9 are pivotally engaged'with the other two corners of the plates It as indicated at 20. One alternate pair of actuating rods I I, as shown at the top and bottom of Figures 1 and 2, are pivoted to the lower face of plates l4, while the other alternate pair to the right and left of these same figures, are pivoted to the upper face of the plates 14. It will be seen that by swinging one of the legs all of the other legs are simultaneously and similarly swung either to opened or closed position.

Referring now more particularly to Figures 4 and 5 it will be seen that numeral 28a denotes a substantially U-shaped bracket the cross portion of which is fixed to one of the skirt plates 6 in a vertical position so that the legs extend inwardly and horizontally and these legs terminate in aligned sockets 2| and 22 in which is slidable a pin 23 for engaging in an opening 24 in one of the connecting rods I9. On an intermediate portion of this pin there is pivotally engaged as at 24 an arm 25 on the free end of which is a weight 26. When the legs are in folded position it is customary to tilt the table while in an inverted position and then grasp one of the legs and swing the same so that all legs swing to an open or extended position and then the table is tilted over to normal upright position at which time the weight 28 gravitates downwardly causing the pin 23 to slide up into engaging position with the opening 24'. Obviously when the table is again tilted to the position for swinging the legs to a folded position the weight will gravitate in the other way to release the pin. The purpose of engaging the pin 23 in the opening 24 when the legs are extended, obviously, is to prevent the collapse of the table when being used.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In combination, a table top, legs swingably mounted under the top, plates, means for swingably mounting the plates under the table about vertical axes, said plates being located between the leg mountings, connecting rods engaged with the plates at opposite corners of the plates to cause the plates to swing in unison, and actuating rods engaged with the plates between the engaging points of the connecting rods and also engaged with the legs to cause the legs to swing in unison.

2. In combination, a table top, legs swingably mounted under the top, plates, means for swingably mounting the plates under the table about vertical axes, said plates being located between the leg mountings, connecting rods engaged with the plates at opposite corners of the plates to cause the plates to swing in unison, said legs on their pivoted ends being provided with brackets extending outwardly from said ends, and actuating rods engaged with said brackets and. engaged with said plates between the engaging points of the connecting rods to cause the legs to swing in unison.

3. In combination, a table top, legs, means for swingably mounting the legs under the top, plates, means for swingably mounting thelplates under the top with their axes vertical, said plates being located between the leg mounting means, connecting rods engaged with the plates to cause the same to swing in unison, and actuating rods engaged with the plates and the legs to cause the legs to swing in unison, a U-shaped bracket secured to the table at its cross portion with its legs extending inwardly one above the other and terminating in aligned sockets, a pin slidable in said sockets and engageable in an opening in one of the connecting rods when the legs are in extended position, and an arm pivotally engaged with an intermediate portion of the pin and having a weight on the free end thereof.

EMIL SENFT. 

